New York Post Tests Its Photographers

Posted by Matt Cipriano | No Comments

PDN Post reports that last month, David Boyle from the NY Post asked his freelance photographers to stop by his office and prove they were still worthy of having their pictures sold to the Post.

Apparently to prove their worthiness photographers were made to register their cameras, to prove they had professional equipment of their own (not quite sure why, what does it actually matter who owns the camera they are using?).

Next they were driven to the Post printing plant and were given 3 fake assignments:

* Photograph someone through the window of a car
* Photograph someone leaving a building (as if on a perp walk)
* Photograph a piece of artwork (as if capturing a family photo or other document out in the field)

So, just to get this straight, to be a freelance photographer for the Post you need to go through a rigorous test and then submit your photos which they can reject. If this is the case, why not just hire them as staff.

I feel that rather then putting them through these tests, I don’t know, maybe a submitted portfolio would have worked out instead… just a suggestion.

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